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3a it shows up in an Amazon box delivered by an Amazon truck.
Or you go to their site and they just direct you to Amazon -- and not because they're lazy, to sell on Amazon you need to agree that you won't offer the product cheaper than Amazon anywhere else, including on your own site.
And, that's even assuming you can go to the manufacturer's site. Often instead you'll just get a facebook page, or maybe not even that.
I hate when I go to a manufacturers site and navigate to "products," filter the list and find what I want, and on the product page it gives a description, no "add to cart" button but a "buy on amazon" button.
Like. FFUUUUCCCKKKKKKK.
[image of a computer leaving a broken window of a high-rise building]
Yeah. Especially if it's a very specific version of a product you want, and they just link to their "amazon store", which has terrible search filters, or doesn't have that model available.
It's not just that they give a big cut of their sales to Amazon, it's that often the manufacturer puts a lot of effort into having different versions of their product with different features. But, then it's dumped on Amazon. Amazon's search is "helpful" and gives you similar products and then uses their "recommended" ranking to put products they make more money from at the top.
That one can be easily fixed by writing to them and complaining.
I mean not selling via Amazon theoretically too, but the company might not want to play with logistics, so it might be much harder.
Pro tip for manufacturers: sell a slightly different model number with more features on your own site if possible...
Yes, I'm sure you've outsmarted the multi-billion dollar Amazon with these hacks.
Not so much outsmarting as avoiding their wrath: like avoiding the eye of saurons gaze
What makes you believe these tricks, which took you 2-3 seconds to come up with, aren't well known and already not permitted by Amazon?
Why wouldnt they be?
Because Amazon is known for not allowing that kind of thing, and has probably invested more than 2-3 seconds thinking of possible work-arounds.
Meh it's worth a shot
It's worth doing a quick online search.
What do you mean
Doing a quick online search might be worth it.
Yall don’t even try. Make up all the excuses you want. I see how little the majority give a fuck about giving money to bezos or whoever if a product of consumption is right there within your grasp.
What the hell you talking about? The person you're responding to is correctly pointing out that Amazon has some awfully anti-competition rules and a lot of their sellers can not legally sell for less than they do on Amazon, even though Amazon gets a cut. No one is "making excuses," and no one is happy about it, it's just a reality.
If I didn't try, how would I know that many manufacturers only have Amazon stores?
Or that even if you order directly from their site, the order is still fulfilled by Amazon. My partner actually don't try any more because we've recently given up after trying for too long, paying more, and still ending up giving money to Amazon.
Don't fucking blame us for billionaires rigging the system.
Same thing happens on ebay
This is the worst. Return it and email them that you like supporting small businesses and avoid Amazon. They may tell you to pound sand, but if they hear it from more of us it may (probably not) change things.